Varat Eyalet (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat;[1] Ottoman Turkish: ایالت وارد; Eyālet-i Vārad)[2] was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman Budin Eyalet in the west, Temeşvar Eyalet in the southwest, Egir Eyalet in the northwest, vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania in the southeast, and Habsburg Royal Hungary in the north.
| Varat Eyalet Eyalet-i Varat Pașalâcul de la Oradea Váradi vilajet | |||||||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1660–1692 | |||||||||||||
 The Varat Eyalet in 1683 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Varat | ||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 47°4′N 21°55′E / 47.067°N 21.917°E | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 1660 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1692 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Romania, Hungary | ||||||||||||
History
editVarat[3] (now Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (Beylerbey) in 1660.[4] Before the formation of the Eyalet, the land was mostly part of the Ottoman vassal Principality of Transylvania which established by the Treaty of Speyer in 1570 as the predecessor state of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. Some territories that formerly belonged to Temeşvar Eyalet and Egir Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet.
In June 1692, the territory was liberated[5] under Habsburgs leadership,[4] and was ceded to them by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. Its territory was subsequently included into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Principality of Transylvania.
Administrative divisions
editThe sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century:[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the first world war, Том 2, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1978, page 352.
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Materialien zu Evliya Çelebi. 2. A guide to the Seyāhat-nāme of Evliya Çelebi, Jens Peter Laut, Evliya Çelebi, Robert Dankoff, Klaus Kreiser, L. Reichert, 1992, page 61.
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, p. 24, at Google Books By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
- ^ "A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Hungary". Office of the Historian.
- ^ Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1, p. 92, at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
